USA
Cycling has announced the team that will represent the United States at
the 2007 UCI Track World Championships in Palma de Mallorca March 29-April
1.

The six-member team will feature four women and two men.

Headlining
the roster for the women’s squad is defending world champion in the
three-kilometer individual pursuit, Sarah Hammer (
Ouch Pro Cycling). Hammer captured the world title last year in
Bordeaux
,
France
– the first for an elite American track rider since 1996 – where her
mark of 3:37.227 in the gold-medal final was just fast enough to edge Olga
Slyusareva (RUS) for the rainbow jersey.

This year, Hammer will
have her sights set on two events – both the individual pursuit and the
points race. In her only international competition of the season, Hammer
rode to gold medals in both the pursuit and the points race at the third
round of the UCI Track World Cup series in
Los Angeles
in January. Her pursuit mark of 3:32.058 in the qualifying round was a new
American record, personal best and
ADT
Event
Center
track record.

Joining
Hammer on the women’s squad will be first-time world championship
competitor Neva Day (South Bay Wheelmen), Becky Quinn and Jennie Reed.

Reed
and Quinn were the only other American women to medal in international
competition this season with three medals between them. Reed won a
silver medal in the keirin at the World Cup opener in
Sydney
last November and a bronze medal in the keirin at the Los Angeles World
Cup. Quinn rode to a silver medal in the scratch race in
Los Angeles
.

In
Palma de Mallorca, Quinn will compete in the scratch race while Reed will
contest the keirin and the sprint. Day will ride the individual pursuit.

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